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No laughing matter: the truce on trade

China and the US said they would delay hiking tariffs. But a second trade war is in play. And a high-profile arrest is complicating matters.

China and the US said they would delay hiking tariffs. But a second trade war is in play. And a high-profile arrest is complicating matters. Also in this edition: the US gives Russia 60 days to resume complying with a key nuclear treaty; Cuba increases internet access for mobile phones; more bloody noses for the British government over Brexit; President Macron's first big U-turn; and why we aren't paying enough attention to religious persecution in the Middle East.
(Picture: Presidents Xi and Trump and their delegations meet at the G20 summit in Argentina.
Credit: AFP/Getty)

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Sun 9 Dec 2018 10:06GMT

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